Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-13
LIBERTY CENTER.

Geo. N. Poulson, principal, Misses Kershner
and McColly, assistants.
....Buzzard's Roost is happy. Bohemian
Oats men, doctors, lawyers and Legislators
congregate there and consult of what is best
to promote decomposition. Special attention
is devoted to the disposal of real estate for
crippled soldiers and the most profitable in
vestment for their pension money.
Our sidewalks are one universal skating
rink for boys, to the great annoyance, incon-
venience, and no little danger of pedestrians.
for whom we suppose they were intended.
We like boys, are but boy ourself, but this
skating business upon the principal sidwalks
of town has been permitted until it has be-
come nuisance, and unsafe for man, wo-
man or child to pass along for fear of being
run down by some boy mounted ON skates
who comes darting along at breakneck speed,
shouting ''get out of the way" Our farmers,
too, are commencing to complain at the
nuisance of boys jumping upon their slelghs
and sleds. 1t is impossible for team to hove
in sight that is not beset by lot of bolster
GUS urchins, who, without permission, jumps
upon or cling to the vehicle making them
selves unwelcome passengers to the annoy
ance and inconvenience of its rightful occu-
pants. Would it not be we'll for our Mayor
or Marshal to exercise thei1 fertile brains up
on this easy problem and let some other
things that are less annoying have rest?
-. The meeting of the Tri-County Teach
ers' Association upon last Saturday was a
complete success. We do not know how many
teachers were present, but long before the
hour set for the meeting, the air was literally
full of school mans and school masters. The
exercises as announced in the programme
were carried out in fulI it would be impossi-
BILE to mention any as especially meritorious
without doing injustice to others, as all the
addresses, papers and exercises excelled in
the particular branch in which they were di-
rected, and demonstrated the fact that the
teachers of Henry, Lucas and Wood counties
are not only determined to elevate the stand
ard of teaching to position as honorable as
any of the other learned professions, but
themselves take foremost rank asnoble mod.
dlers of the intellectual and moral standard
of the pupils under their charge. Too much
credit cannot be given Prof. Geo. H. Poulson
the principal of our schools, for his untirine
efforts in makeing a success of this meeting
and to the ladies for their cheerful services
and the extreme liberality in providing fret
dinner to all strangers, which numbered near
two hundred. If their is one thing of whicl
Liberty can boast over another, it is in tn,
liberality of her citizens upon public occa
sions. The cheerfulness with which her la
dies render all needed assistance and tn,
bounteousness of their provision, there il
always enough and to spare.
THE school house is completed, accept
ed and dedicated upon last Friday evenin,
in the presence of a large audience.
1t was kind of "Scratch my back and
will scratch yours" game; "a mutual admira
tion society" in which "taffy" was cheap. 1
was furnished without mouey and withou
price," especially by the "smilers" who's,
! residence fortunately exempts them from
shareing the burden of its construction.
1t is good and substantial building ant
likely to answer we'll the purpose for which
it is intended. While we needed good schoo
building, this one was forced upon the peo
pleby unfair means and at a time, too, whe1
the taxpayers felt least able and willing K
assume the expense of so costly luxury; bu
we have it; it is here, and all are glad it ii
completed, and are proud of its appearance,
as an ornamentof the town, and as a monu
ment of the intellectual desires of her citi
zens, and are willing to give all credit du,
the manipulators of the scheme for its beaut,
and its utility, and for sacrifice of time ant
personal business interests while superintend
ing its erection. Yet, it is an unsolved prob
lem whether the luster which its beauty shed
over the town, the utility which it affords fo
school purposes, together with the pride ant
satisfaction which its originators have in gaz
ing upon it, is a compensation adequate t,
the misguided zeal which prompted them tt
thus force a debt upon this Union Schoc
district that will be entailed upon its propert,
for period of not less than twenty years
and aggregate sum not far short of $1O,O 900
Liberty Center, Jan. 11th. TYRo.
VvEcn HONE,